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William Lane

1745 – 1814 Brighton English Main: London bookseller librarian military publisher Lane, William, 1745-1814 (viaf)

Contributions

  1. The animated skeleton has translation publisher
  2. The Indian cottage, or A search after truth translation publisher

Notes

Based in 13 Aldgate High street then 33 Leadenhall street. Began his apprenticeship in publishing in the 1760s, which he pursued alongside a parallel career in the London militia before retiring to devote himself to his business after 1775 and founding a circulating library. Became co-proprietor of The Star newspaper with Peter Stuart in 1788. He was made captain of the West London Regiment in 1794.

In 1790, he founded the Minerva Press, which specialized in popular fiction, especially in the Gothic genre. From 1802 he published under the imprint Lane & Newman with his former apprentice, Anthony King Newman. From 1806 he published as Lane, Darling & Co. with John Darling. He retired to Brighton.